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Bhutia woman with precious coral headdress, agate Buddhist prayer beads, turquoise earrings and silk chuba before 1915 in Darjeeling. The Bhutias (exonym; Nepali: भुटिया, "People from Tibet") or Drejongpas (endonym; Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་པ་, Wylie: Bras-ljongs-pa, THL: dre jong pa, "People of the Rice Valley") are an Tibetan ethnic group native to the Indian ...
Bhuta-Lepcha is an ethnic grouping consisting of people of the Bhutia and Lepcha communities in Sikkim, India. Both these groups are listed as Scheduled Tribes by the Government of India. [2] After the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission, in 2002, 12 (out of 32) seats have been reserved for this group in the ...
The indigenous people of Sikkim are the Lepchas and Limbus ; [1][2] the naturalized ethnic populations of Bhutias, Kiratis, & Indian Gorkha of Nepalese descendants who have an enduring presence in shaping the history of modern Sikkim. [3] The indigeneity criteria for including all peoples of Sikkim and Darjeeling hills is a misnomer as it is ...
Sikkimese are Indians who inhabit the North-east state of Sikkim. The dominance ethnic diversity of Sikkim is represented by 'Lho-Mon-Tsong-Tsum' that identifies origin of three races since seventeenth century. The term 'Lho' refers to Bhutias (Lhopo) means south who migrated from Southern Tibet, the term 'Mon' refers to Lepchas (Rong) lived in ...
Lepcha people in Nepal. The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Lepcha as a subgroup within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati. [27] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 3,445 people identified as Lepcha, one in every 7,690 or the total Nepalese population (26,494,504).
The history of Sikkim begins with the indigenous Lepcha's contact with early Tibetan settlers.[1][2] Historically, Sikkim was a sovereign Monarchical State in the eastern Himalayas. Later a protectorate of India followed by a merger with India and official recognition as a state of India. Lepchas were the main inhabitants as well as the Rulers ...
Kabi Lungchok (also spelled Kabi Longstok) is a historic site of significance, which is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of Gangtok on the Northern Highway in northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. The historicity of the site is attributed to the fact that the Lepchas, the ethnic tribals of Sikkim and Bhutias (ethnic Bhot), the immigrants from ...
Sikkim Costumes and Traditional Dress. Daughters of chogyal Tashi Namgyal wearing kho (1938). The Kho (Tibetan: ཁོ, THL: kho) is the traditional dress worn by the Bhutia, an ethnic group native to the Indian state of Sikkim. It is a loose, cloak like garment that is fastened at the neck on one side and near the waist with a silk or cotton ...